Number:
1249
Published:
Classification JEL:
C11, C53, E3, E32, E37
Keywords:
Bayesian methods, Business cycles, Potential output, output gaps, Structural estimation

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José Vicente Romero-Chamorro, Sara Naranjo-Saldarriaga, Jonathan Muñoz-Martínez
Felipe Roldán-Ferrín, Julián Andrés Parra-Polanía
Nicol Valeria Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Hernán Dario Perdomo-Sánchez
Abstract
This document reviews the potential macroeconomic effects of issuing a central bank digital currency (CBDC) for the use of individuals and businesses. A careful selection of the architecture, and the economic and technological design aspects of this digital form of central bank money that best suit the needs of Colombian economy is made to frame the analytical approach used to study these issues. The most salient results of the related literature are reviewed to establish the consequences of undertaking this initiative. For the set of selected assumptions, we find that the expected macroeconomic consequences are negligible.